Display-box



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.-

\VILL I-I. MOOERS, OF ROCHESTER, NEYV YORK.

DISPLAY-BOX.

SPEQIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 577,055, dated February 16, 18 97.

Application filed February 13, 1896- Serial No. 579,167. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILL I-I. MOOERS, of Rochester, in the county of Monroe and State of New-York, have invented a new and use- 5 ful Improvement in Display-Boxes, which improvement is fully set forth in the following specification and shown in the accompanying drawings.

My invention relates to display-boxes used more particularly for holding and displaying small wares or articles for sale, as packages of medicine and similar articles. Displayboxes are commonly used in drug-stores, groceries, and similar business places, but as heretofore usually constructed the articles contained in them are not protected from pilfering or the acts of designing persons.

The object of my invention is to produce a display-box which is not only serviceable for o holding and displaying the goods, but which shall also protect such goods or packages against being taken out or removed by unauthorized persons.

My improved display-box consists of a main 5 part or body and a base-piece or holder, adapted to telescope one upon the other, and a fastener for the parts to prevent their being separated to uncover the packages except as provided for. I o The invention is hereinafter more fully described, and particularly pointed out in the claim.

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 is a front elevation of the display-box. Fig. 2 is 3 a side view, vertically sectioned, as on the dotted line 2 2 in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a plan of the base-piece. Fig. 4 is a side elevation of the base-piece seen as indicated by arrow 4 in Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is an end view of the base piece indicated by arrow 5 in Fig. 4. Fig. 6 is a rear view of a portion at the bottom of the box, showing the fastener. Fig. 7 is a vertical section on the dotted line 7 7 in Fig. 6, further showing the form of the fastener. Fig. 7 is drawn to an exaggerated scale for the purpose of clearly showing the forms and relation of the parts.

Referring to the parts shown, A is the body of the display-box, and B the base-piece or holder for the body. These parts are usually made of stiff paper or pasteboard, but may be made of wood or sheet metal, the form depending upon the form and kind of the packages to be placed in the box. As shown, the box is rectangular, it being adapted to hold rectangular'or prismatic packages 0. The base-piece comprises an open box-shaped part a, with a bottom piece 17, extending outward in all directions beyond the part a to form flanges c, which serve to give breadth of base and stability to the box. The body A is formed to close over or telescope upon the part a, as shown, the lower edge of the body meeting and resting upon the flanges c.

Thebody or part A is single and in one piece, and has no opening out through which a package within it may be removed, except at the bottom, which is closed by the part B.

A simple fastener d, Figs. 6 and 7, is provided for the parts A B to hold them together, so. they cannot be easily separated. The fastener shown is a simple one found in the market, having a head e and branches ff, of flexi ble material, leading therefrom. In applying this fastener the branches are passed through an opening 9 in the rear wall of the part A and bent vertically downward against the inner surface of the wall. When the body ,.A is put to place upon the base-piece B, the

downwardly-turned branches f f of the fastenerv are passed through an opening h in the flange 0 outside of the box a, as clearly shown in Fig. 7. The part A being pressed firmly to place upon the piece B, the downwardlyprojecting ends of the parts f f are bent horizontally in opposite directions against the under surface of the part B, which looks the latter part and the part A securely together. Thus secured as to its main parts the displaybox may be handled or moved about as if a single body, the packages 0 being inclosed and held so as not to be removable except by taking up the box and straightening the branches f f, so they may be drawn upward out of the opening 72.

The fastener may be permanently secured to the part A, that is, it remains permanently in place when the partsA and Care separated, which is not the case in the construction in which the fastener is passed directly through the adjacent walls of the parts of the box, as in the latter case the fastener must be removed entirely to permit of the parts moving longitudinally upon each other; but in my construction the bend of the fastener upon the inner surface of the part A, opposite the head e, will retain the fastener in place after the parts have been separated, and the end of the fastener projects far enough beyond the end of the part A to project through the opening a in the base and be bent laterally upon the base to secure the parts together.

The front side of the body A is perforated at 70 70 7a, through which the contained packages may be plainly visible to the observer, who is thus enabled to read the. inscriptions or illustrations that may be printed or shown upon the wrappers inclosing the articles. The form or the number of the openings 70 is not essential to my invention, these being varied as the case may require.

As the fastener d is not new by itself, it is obvious that any suitable fastener for the main parts A B may be substituted for the one shown.

As shown, the body A rises a considerable distance above the base-piece and incloses most of the space occupied by the packages 0, constituting the major part of the device.

What I claim as my invention is In a display-box, the combination, with an open-ended body portion, the wall of which through the opening in the base and being bent laterally thereupon, the bent end of the fastener being flexible and adapted to be bent into a straight line with the main portion of the fastener so that it may be passed through the opening in the base and the parts of the box may be separated by moving them longitudinally upon each other, substantially as set forth.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand, this 10th day of February, 1896, in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

WVILL H. MOOERS.

Vitnesses:

E. B. VVHITMORE, M. L. WINSTON. 

